Table-desk.



D. MGKINLAY- TABLE DESK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8, 1908.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

I l gm La- DUNCAN McKINLAY, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

TABLE-DESK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 8, 1908.

Patented Dec. 8, 1908.

Serial No. 431,700.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DUNCAN MCKINLAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Table-Desks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in table-desks and an object of my invention is to combine with a table parts which will adapt the table for use as a desk, whenever it may be desired to make such use of the table.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of my invention and the best mode now known to me of applying that principle,

Figure 1 is a perspective view, the top of the table being shown in dotted lines for the sake of clearness; Fig. 2 is a side view partly in section, the drawer being drawn out; and Fig. 3 illustrates the frame of my new tabledesk.

Between the frame members a are mounted the rail supports 5 which constitute the drawer-slide and upon which travel and are supported the sides 0 of the slidable drawer d. To the inner end 6 of each side 0 is hinged an extension support f from which projects downwardly a guide-pin 9 adapted to travel in a groove h, in the guide-rail i. The free ends of the extension supports f are provided with rollers j, which bear against or roll upon the lower or inner face of the top 7c of the table.

The drawer d is provided with a hinged lid an which closes the top of the drawer and furnishes a desk-table or desk-top upon which one may write when the drawer d is pulledv out. The top n of the drawer is provided with an ink-well 0 and is formed with grooves 19 for pens, pencils and the like.

As the drawer d is pushed inwardly, the extension supports f close towards each other; while when the drawer cl is pulled outwardly, the extension supports f open away from each other and form practically extensions of the sides 0, thereby giving the drawer d rigidityin its drawn-out position, inwhich it is adapted for use as a desk.

The rollers j are referably in the form of the wellknown ba -bearin casters now so commonly used and they play an important part in the practical working of the drawer. The inequalities of the lower face of the table-top it are closely followed by the rollers and the latter serve to maintain constantly the drawer in a rigid condition whatever may be its position and to make the movement of the drawer into and out of the table smooth and easy.

I claim:

1. The combination with a table, of a drawer slidably mounted therein a pair of guide-rails each of which is formed with a groove a pair of extension-supports hinged to the inner end of said drawer near the sides thereof and provided each with a pin which projects into one of said grooves; a top for said drawer and a lid hinged to said top and adapted to form a writing-top, whereby said drawer may be used as a writing-desk when pulled out of said table.

2. The combination with a table, of a drawer slidably mounted therein a pair of guide-rails each of which is formed with a groove; a pair of extension-supports hinged to the inner end of said drawer near the sides thereof and provided each with a pin which projects into one of said grooves a pair of rollers one of which is mounted on the inner end of each of said extension-supports and bears against the inner face of the top of said table a top for said drawer; and a lid hinged to said top and adapted to form a writingtop, whereby said drawer may be used as a writing-desk when pulled out of said table.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at said Atlanta this 28 day of April, 1908, in the presence of the two undersigned witnesses.

DUNCAN McKINLAY.

Witnesses:

E. L. GIBBs, CHARLTON G. OGBU'RN. 

